It would be fair to say that Round 8 of the NRL contained its fair share of surprise results, either through unexpectedly close games or from upset results that will have turned a number of clubs on their ears. As always, we’ll run the rule over the weekend’s results and ponder whether they are something to worry about as we reach the 33% mark of the regular season. Today’s Talking Point brings us back to one of the bug bears of this program, the habit of laying down in tackles to gain an advantage, whether it be a penalty or a player going to the bin or a chance to level up a game late in the match, and if there is any solution that can deal with this if the players themselves are not going to do so. Finally, we’ll look at next weekend’s match ups and how the teams that collapsed this weekend can redeem themselves. 

All of that and much much less on today’s edition of “In League With the NRL”, on the podcast that just keeps finding a way to resurrect itself, “Thoughts from the Metal Cavern”.